Just got FIOS Internet!!!

Yay! It's fast and awesome. 20/5. Twenty down, five up!!!

Woohoo. Now I have to wait a couple months for the FIOS TV.

:twothumbs

Gran Nismo said:

Yay! It's fast and awesome. 20/5. Twenty down, five up!!!

Woohoo. Now I have to wait a couple months for the FIOS TV.

:twothumbs

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u can look at flashlights faster now!

I am waiting for it here also and am really interested in how well the TV part works. I'm sure the Internet part will kick butt and I know a FIOS TV/Phone/Internet package deal will end up being the best deal but will the TV be as good as the Comcast digital on demand service I have now (about $50) which I would give reasonably good grades to.

Only bummer was that he dropped my Fenix L2Dce to look at something real quick. :thumbsdow

Gran Nismo said:

Yay! It's fast and awesome. 20/5. Twenty down, five up!!!

Woohoo. Now I have to wait a couple months for the FIOS TV.

:twothumbs

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I only get 5Mbits down and 400Kbits up over here. I wish FIOS was in the islands so I can get around 15Mbits and 5Kbits for the same price :thumbsdow

Here in Texas, Verizon has FiOS Internet. There are three packages:
1) 5 Mbps down/2 Mbps up for $39.99 per mo.
2) 15 Mbps down/2 Mbps up for $49.99 per mo.
3) 30 Mbps down/5 Mbps up for $179.95 per mo.

They sucker you in, then let you have it with rate increases!!!

I'm with the 5 Mbps plan now, and after a year, they jack the price up to $58.00 per mo. Hardly worth it at that price. Sure you can get a package deal with FiOS TV, FiOS Internet, and Phone service, but If you want a DVR and Basic service, after taxes you will get soaked for $148 per mo. with a 2 year contract, and the price increases after that!!!!

I wish I had other options.

On a related note....

This is disturbing. Time to rake the enduser over the coals for bandwidth.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602545_pf.html

Welcome to the club. I pay ~$40 a month for my FiOS with 20 down and 5 up. After this year I am locked in for $44.99 a month. I was the first kid on the block with it, think I still am, lol.

Are there any compelling reasons to want more than 5 mbps download at present? TV distribution via the internet hasn't really arrived IMOH due to rights issues, etc.

PhotonBoy said:

Are there any compelling reasons to want more than 5 mbps download at present? TV distribution via the internet hasn't really arrived IMOH due to rights issues, etc.

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Just like the old guy driving a Mercedes Benz SLR, Ferrari Enzo, or Lambo at speed limit. The cars care capable of more than that but I would rather have the bandwidth and not need it than to need it and not have it.

If you download binaries from newsgroups, p2p's or whatever, you'll take as fast a connection as you can get.

I find it funny that in the UK there is probably over 50 ISP's

Yet in you guys only have about 5? You'd think there would be more of a market. :\

Verizon ran fiber down my street last week. I'm waiting impatiently to get the hell away from Comcast.